The Desert Sun

Military action

The group clash with Opris and her rage at the desert oasis before battling the very elements themselves on the way to Calis...

What was left of the waters of the oasis rose up around her feet and Opris lashed out at the three in front of her screaming that they had turned against her. Summoning up corpses from the sands she set to attacking the party for what she perceived as a betrayal. Nym tried her best to talk down the elemental but, with the state neriad was in, her the words fell to the whipping winds. The battle was fraught with back and forth attacks, minions were raised and felled, before eventually Opris was defeated leaving her form small and pulsing. The sandstorm fell to softly blowing winds almost immediately and the sky was viewable once more on the quiet shifting sands. Sensing deeper energy at hand, Babbitt took the Tear and placed it back in the pool, apologizing to the neriad for the situation and hoped that the stone's energy would help heal her.   Unsure of how to proceed and heavily wounded, the group rested at the edge of the pool with Frederick at hand. Knowing that there could be serious repercussions if Frederick got back to town and ran his mouth, as well as the implication that he seem compulsed to take the stone, Glop suggested that the party "take care" of the problem permanently. Without waiting for a full discussion, Snarlsburg gave a nod and Glop quickly took his dagger to Frederick's throat without hesitation.   The group did their best to gather their bearings before a small orb originating from the tiny, wrapped energy of the neriad formed up in front of them leading them out into the desert, hopefully toward the city. Without knowing where it was leading them, or if it was to the safety of the city, the group had little choice but to follow. It led them for a day before eventually dissipating leaving the adventurers on their own in the shifting sands.   Tallulah spent time over the next travel day flying off in various directions trying to get a heading before eventually finding a lizardfolk cartographer named Henk stuck in some quicksand. Unable to free him she flew back to the group who rushed to his aid just as some young sand worms made their way in, hoping for an easy lunch. The group worked splitting their efforts between fending off the two sand worms and pulling the now panicked Henk from sinking any deeper into the ground. Eventually the group managed to fend off the sand worms and free the cartographer who happily volunteered to lead them to the city informing them of a blockade in the Alaron Isles as well as the fact that the war between the Sembian Kingdom and Prasus Empire has mostly simmered at this point due to sustained damage on both sides between the new legion of demons and a dragon in occupying Oberrun and Calis under heavy earthquakes.   After another day or so of travel the group met up with members of the Thunderhoof centaur clan who escorted them the rest of the way to the city. Arriving with Henk to the grand ringed city of Calis they were provided marks of the Cartographers Guild that would allow them easy access to the lower rings of the city as a way of thanking them. Waving them off the group settled into The Second Pegasus inn with the city stretched out before them...